Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center

15031 Rinaldi St, Mission Hills, CA · Providence · · NPI 1477587632

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

$2,227.75

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,365.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,008.25 with Aetna vs $4,893.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,008.25 ↓ -55%
Humana Choicecare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,028.42 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,056.32 ↓ -53%
Central Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,109.08 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Anthem Vivity Non City Of La Other Commercial Plan $1,189.72 ↓ -47%
La Care Health Plan Exchange $1,310.73 ↓ -41%
Healthnet Ambetter Hmo $1,865.27 ↓ -16%
Unitedhealthcare Select/Navigate Hmo $2,109.00 ↓ -5%
Healthnet Ambetter Ppo $2,157.66 ↓ -3%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,397.00 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield Epn/Ifp Benefit Exchange $2,685.00 ↑ +21%
Healthnet Blue And Gold Other Commercial Plan $2,719.00 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield Tandem Ppo/Blue High Performance Ppo/Epo $2,895.00 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield Hmo/Ppo/Epo $3,217.00 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross All Commercial Plans $3,757.00 ↑ +69%
Healthnet All Commercial Plans $4,385.00 ↑ +97%
Cigna Oap Hmo/Pos $4,893.00 ↑ +120%
Cigna Ppo $4,893.00 ↑ +120%

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Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $962.29 $593.19 – $1,859.28
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $626.92 $158.01 – $1,164.97
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,790.33 $1,003.85 – $4,099.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,577.02 $696.33 – $2,527.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $857.39 $623.97 – $1,848.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $848.14 $245.18 – $1,825.69
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,758.08 $1,113.06 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,836.95 $1,008.25 – $8,018.00

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